Paul Davidovich

Paul Davidovich (1737-18 February 1814), born Pavle Davidovic, was a general of the Austrian Empire during the French Revolutionary Wars and Napoleonic Wars.

Biography
Pavle Davidovich was born in Buda-Pest in the Province of Hungary of the Austrian Empire (present-day Hungary) in 1737, coming from a Serbian family that moved to the Austrian empire in the early 1700s. In January 1779 he fought in the Battle of Bystrzyca Klodzka during the War of the Bavarian Succession, and in 1788 he captured Sabac from the Ottoman Empire without a major battle. During the French Revolutionary Wars, Davidovich commanded Austrian forces on the Italian Campaign front in 1796-97 against Napoleon Bonaparte, fighting at the Battle of Arcole alongside Josef Alvinczi. After the Battle of Arcole he withdrew from Italy, but he commanded Austrian forces in northern Italy again from 1804 to 1805. His last command was the Battle of Caldiero, before he inspected Serbian fortresses and had a behind-the-curtain job.